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Pages Now Publishes Directly to Apple Books

9 November, 20189 November, 2018Apple, e-Reading Software, iBooks AuthorOne Comment

Apple is now promoting their word processing app with the pitch that you can use it to publish a book to Apple Books: Publish your book directly to Apple...

Apple Invites Media to Event at the Brooklyn Academy of Music

18 October, 201818 October, 2018Apple2 Comments

Apple is holding another event in a couple weeks. This one will be located at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on the 30th, and is expected to cover a...

How to Lease a Virtual Mac Online to Upload eBooks to iBooks

1 July, 201818 August, 2018iBooks, Self-Pub12 Comments

Apple is notorious for the ridiculously pointless rule that if you want to sell ebooks on their platform, you have to use their app and their hardware to do...

Apple to Launch Subscription Service – No Mention of eBooks

28 June, 201829 June, 2018Apple4 Comments

Apple is reportedly going to launch a content subscription service. There's no mention of ebooks, but it will include magazines, music, and the tv shows Apple is currently developing....

What We Know About the New Apple Pages

3 April, 20183 April, 2018e-Reading Software, iBooks Author2 Comments

When Apple launched a new ebook-focused version of Pages last week, some took it to mean that Apple was junking iBooks Author in favor of Pages. Others mistakenly saw...

Apple Reader to Feature a 7.9″ E-ink Screen, Will Ship With Apple Library Subscription eBook Service

31 March, 20181 April, 2018e-Reading Hardware, iDevice14 Comments

Over the past several months a number of sources have claimed that Apple was about to get serious about competing in the ebook market. I discounted the reports as...

New Apple iPad Gains Support for Apple’s Apple Pencil, and Schools Can Get it at a Discount

27 March, 201827 March, 2018e-Reading Hardware, iDevice10 Comments

As expected, Apple launched a new iPad in Chicago on Tuesday, but it's not really cheaper than previous models, although it is also better in several ways. The new...

Apple to Unveil Lower-Cost iPad Next Week (?)

23 March, 201823 March, 2018Apple, e-Reading Hardware6 Comments

Apple has a launch event scheduled next week. The invite suggested that it would focus on the ed tech market, and now it appears that the presentation will center...

iBooks App to Feature ‘Today’ Section in iOS 12 (?)

22 March, 201822 March, 2018e-Reading Software, iBooks, Rumors3 Comments

There's a new rumor going around that the nest major release of iOS will feature a radically redesigned iBooks app. MacRumors is repeating an unsubstantiated report in the Japanese blog Mac...

Apple to Drop iTunes Support for Windows XP, Vista Users on 25 May

25 February, 201826 February, 2018AppleOne Comment

On Friday Apple notified iTunes users that a 25 May security update will make iTunes incompatible with Windows XP or Vista. On May 25, 2018, Apple will introduce security...

Bloomberg: Apple Changing the Name of iBooks to Books Means a New Fight in the eBook Market

25 January, 201825 January, 2018iBooks9 Comments

Bloomberg is making a mountain out of a molehill over an upcoming change to one of Apple's apps. Someone over there heard that Apple is updating iBooks and changing...

Amazon Sent Me a 76 Cent Credit From the Apple eBook Price-Fixing Settlement – How Should I Spend It?

18 October, 201723 October, 2017Amazon, Antitrust, Apple15 Comments

Amazon is sending out emails this morning with the news that ebook buyers are getting another ebook antitrust settlement payment. the money comes from the fine Apple paid as a result...

Chrome and Safari Will Soon Block Auto-Play Videos

15 September, 201726 September, 2017Apple, Google, Web BrowserOne Comment

One of the last vestiges of of the annoying web, auto-playing video, is about to die. Google announced on Thursday that a future version of Chrome will block some...

iTunes v12.7.0.166 No Longer Supports iBooks

13 September, 201726 September, 2017e-Reading Software, iBooks, iDevice, iTunes41 Comments

Apple rolled out a new version of i Tunes today, and something is missing. Early downloaders reported on MobileRead, and I can confirm, that Apple has removed the iBooks...

iPhone 8 Leaks Hint at Rounded Edges, Thin bezel, No Fingerprint Sensor

24 July, 201727 July, 2017e-Reading Hardware, iDeviceLeave a comment

As with every new Apple product, rumors continue to circulate about the design, features, release date, and price. The most recent rumors suggest that Apple's tenth-anniversary iPhone will cost...

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